New criterion to aid manual and automatic selection of the arterial input function in dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 448-456

  Bleeker, Egbert J W ^a   Van Osch, Matthias J P ^a   Connelly, Alan ^b,c   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a   Webb, Andrew G ^a   Calamante, Fernando ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIF selection criterion; arterial input function (AIF); automatic AIF selection; dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI; partial volume effects

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; TISSUE;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; AUTOMATIC AIF SELECTION; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST MRIS; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; SELECTION CRITERIA;

BLOOD;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE;

EID: 79251584674     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22599     Document Type: Article

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